Daily Devotionals

2 Corinthians 5:21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. We all are so fortunate that Jesus was a better human than we are. When we do not want to do something, no matter how easy it may be, […]

Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. When we come to Jesus and ask Him into our hearts and lives and receive His forgiveness for our sins, we are receiving the Holy Spirit, the personal Spirit of God, […]

James 5:16b The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. For so many Christians the weakest part of our relationship with the Lord is our prayer life or our communication with the Lord. I had one man tell me once he struggled to talk to a God he could not see. I think that […]

Exodus 31:16-17 Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was […]

Matthew 5:48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect. I remember receiving a Bible in my younger years and reading this verse. I did not read any further. I thought to myself, this is impossible, no one can be perfect. There is no sense in reading any further, this […]

John 13:34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. The Christian “Family” is a very big family. And where there are very big families you often have strife or division. After all, people do not think and feel and […]

Mark 1:16-18 And as He walked by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. Then Jesus said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” They immediately left their nets and followed Him. Simon and Andrew […]

Luke 5:32 I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.” Aha! So there are righteous people in the world!! Well, not really. A man my wife and I love very much, him and his wife we have always called Mom and Dad. He was a very solid Christian. He said it […]

Leviticus 16:29-31 “This shall be a statute forever for you: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether a native of your own country or a stranger who dwells among you.  For on that day the priest shall make atonement for […]

FCFI September 20, 2026 A Greater Investment My dad was a first-generation farmer. It wasn’t that grandpa didn’t want to farm. He simply grew up in a time when wanting to farm and being able to farm were two very different things. The Great Depression of the 1930s was hard on families, and for many […]

Mark 3:3 And he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come here.” The world has gotten so lazy. People no longer go to the store and shop for their own groceries. They go online and submit their grocery list for the store to pull and prepare. Also, people will not get up and […]

James 3:13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. When we think about being wise, we do not think about deeds. We think our wisdom would show through our high social standing, by our important job, by our […]